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About the Author
Elizabeth A. Clark is John Carlisle Kilgo Professor, Emerita, at Duke University. Her previous books include History, Theory, Text; Reading Renunciation; Founding the Fathers; and The Fathers Refounded.
Reviews
... Clark seizes every opportunity to connect Melania's story to larger economic and social structures. The result is extraordinary. Readers are treated to expert distillations of a wide range of complex topics ... * BLAKE LEYERLE, University of Notre Dame, ARYS: Antiquity, Religions and Societies *
The study is remarkable. Clark, an experienced teacher and an accomplished scholar, has drawn a compelling and inspiring picture of early Christianity.... [It] cleverly blends solid philology and exciting storytelling. Thanks to her mastery of the subject and her pedagogical skills, Clark has succeeded in making eminently complex topics, sometimes distant from our current concerns, understandable and interesting. Clark's book is a scientific page-turner. I hope that this accessible study will serve as an introductory text for courses on paleochristianism. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
Magisterial.... [Clark] shows us how dramatically what we can see in Melania has changed. * Times Literary Supplement *
Book Information
ISBN 9780190888237
Author Elizabeth A. Clark
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 155mm * 231mm * 23mm